Recent content by Gamma1214

True but if you practice you'll be able to. I was once told: “We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training.” ― Archilochus

Looks like fun & a great place to practice ww skills. Great to see the big tandems playing in the rapids instead of just getting flushed downstream too... nicely done.

Not me. I skipped law school but any rule the gubbermint is neither willing nor able to enforce is merely a suggestion.

Bite your tongue

Welcome, Bart. Kids & grandkids using them (even once in awhile) seems like a great reason to maintain a fleet. Any tripping possibilities (multi-day) in the area?

Sadly, I think Average Joe believes that the $300, 2 piece kayak from Walmart, Rural King or (I suppose) Canadian Tire is every bit as capable as any canoe out there. For his purposes, (and day paddling only) perhaps he's right. It's when you start overnight trips and portaging that the...

If it's just from the car to the water, I hang it by the gunwale from one shoulder. If I'm portaging any distance, I tie two paddles from the seat to the thwart (which I have set 28 inches ahead of the seat for that reason). That way, there's no extra weight, nothing to lose in camp at night...

I'm always fishing and, for me, there's no such thing as a quick cup of coffee on the go (I've yet to try an instant that I found palatable) Here's my compact(ish) kitchen: The cold handle frying pan & stainless spatula work great for the fish fry, hash browns, eggs, etc, while the...

Yes, I met Robin at WPASCR. Actually, one of the reasons I'm considering making the trip... turnabout is fair play. IIRC, he said the trip to Butler was about 10 hours due to Toronto traffic. 5 am start would put me though Toronto around noon (depending, of course, on traffic in Pittsburgh...

Hmm... 8 hours depending on traffic through Toronto. Might be interesting to compare to WPASCR... Do people bring private boats? (I'd be taking the Tamarack Raven or the Bloodvein- not the psychedelic Merlin)

There are a couple of logging companies in this area that will take nice trees within sight of property lines regardless of which side they are supposed to be cutting. I guess the theory is that the fines they pay when they get caught are less than the value of the trees they illegally harvest...

:LOL: Indeed. Personally, I don't mind having fewer people in the backcountry and the fact is that yaks are suited best to day paddling so backcountry access is more difficult. Granted, that doesn't bode well for someone like Mem trying to keep routes open and keep the pressure on the...

Indeed. I could manage the time but the distance is problematic. I suppose I could find an OTR driving job & toss it across the front of a flatbed. Seems like a lot of trouble to save a buck on shipping though. On the other hand, it would be a cool addition to the "show us your boat hauler"...

Wow. I can't see the pictures because Fakebook has decided that I won't drive that far (probably best if they don't know me better than that) but it would have to be pretty rough to be worth less than $500.

Always the correct choice in such situations (at least, in my opinion) Yep. Always do... all part of the games that we play. Looks great so far! As for scarfing the strips: Are you doing them separately? I've found that I get a better result if I find 2 strips that will cover the length...